Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine

I've been itching to go out and shoot from a while now.. we finally found the time today to make a 2 hour drive upto Portland in Maine. This is one of the more famous lighthouses in the city. It was mostly a fully overcast day so not much color in the sky either.. You can also see a second lighthouse in the background- better visible in the larger image.
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That is really cool! Good comp - I like it!

Very atmospheric Daman. Can I assume that you've tweaked the midtones to give it an "after-dark" appearance, or was it truly dark by the time you arrived there?

O, I do like this one, bet that would look amazing printed on good paper A3+ !

timbernet wrote in post #2414164
That is really cool! Good comp - I like it!

Thanks a lot

rudgej wrote in post #2414575
Very atmospheric Daman. Can I assume that you've tweaked the midtones to give it an "after-dark" appearance, or was it truly dark by the time you arrived there?

Thanks John! It was after sundown that we arrived there,so the actual scene was how it shows, it was pretty dark and some very similar shots i took after 10 minutes of this started crapping out with excessive noise in the sky due to the long exposures. This shot was at ISO 50 at 20 or maybe 30 seconds.

In fact i tried to open it up a bit but it was taking away the mood so left it like it is.

Duncaji wrote in post #2415147
O, I do like this one, bet that would look amazing printed on good paper A3+ !

Thanks a lot James I hope to take a A4 printout tonight and confirm that.

Wow! And can I say, WOW! You never cease to amaze me, Daman! That is simply spectacular!

Excellent shot Daman !! The lighting makes the shot. Thanks for sharing.

As you would know by now,i like dark shots myself and this one is no exeption.

Its very nice....frightfully nice.

BeccaNH wrote in post #2415536
Wow! And can I say, WOW! You never cease to amaze me, Daman! That is simply spectacular!

Thanks a lot for such a lavish compliment Becca!! Much much appreciated.

Reigh Higgins wrote in post #2415653
Excellent shot Daman !! The lighting makes the shot. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks a lot Reigh, indeed the light makes the shot. Thanks for looking and commenting

dv2004 wrote in post #2415770
As you would know by now,i like dark shots myself and this one is no exeption.

Its very nice....frightfully nice.

Yes I know Dimitri you are a fan of dark shots, and thats a great compliment coming from you. Glad you liked the shot! Thanks for posting

Interesting shot. I was just there this weekend. Maybe I should have hung around and tried a similar shot. Thanks for the idea!

Thanks Klibble, hope to see more shots from you in future here.

Hey Dimitri- I forgot to add this.. I remembered that pointer you gave me about zooming in a teeny bit and I used it this time around It seems to have compensated for the edge softness, thanks again!

damansidhu wrote in post #2416393
Thanks Klibble, hope to see more shots from you in future here.

Hey Dimitri- I forgot to add this.. I remembered that pointer you gave me about zooming in a teeny bit and I used it this time around It seems to have compensated for the edge softness, thanks again!

Good thinking Daman.

FANTASTIC. Was much PS work Done?

Simply awesome Daman, the FG detail is incredible as is the whole shot, I love it.

That looks fantastic! Wonderful job!